The thing about the Smallspace show, is that some very interesting people take stands there to show off their models.
See this "Starbug" from the TV series "Red Dwarf". It's the real one. The one from the telly. And the man beside it is the man who built it. From plastic globes, and parts from EMA. And wood. And Letraline.
And I had a long chat with him about it. He even showed me, and anyone else interested, the original plans. Fascinating.
Aprt from that, the full-size replicas of Hewey, Louey and Duey from "Silent Running" impressed me a lot, but then so did a lot of the modelling. So, go and have a look at the photos over on Flickr.
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I've got a couple of sci-fi/model railway crossover ideas stored in my head. One has a Quatermass theme, based on the British Rocket Group's base as seen in Quatermass 2. A large rocket compound would be an ideal vehicle for a narrow gauge layout with trains being used to carry stores and personnel around, like a military base but with a more peaceful purpose. The stumbling block is size, especially regarding a rocket sat on a launch pad. Maybe one day.
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